Washington State Upholds Gay Marriage Ban

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2006 Bigots are delighting at this blow against tolerance. Massachusetts is now the only state still extending full marriage benefits to homosexual couples. On an intellectual level, it's interesting to read the logical flights of fancy that judges have to make in their opinions to codify this kind of hatred into law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Looking Back on the Fiasco’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2006 The Washington Post has an interesting series that analyzes the mess in Mesopotamia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Have You Passed the New Democratic Sniff Test?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2006 The George Soros-backed Democracy Alliance pools contributions from the richest progressive donors in the country to fund advocacy groups capable of building a counterweight to the well-entrenched conservative movement But there's a potential dark side for groups whose views don't conform to the Alliance's (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Reporter: Stop Reporting Pols’ PR Events, Photo Ops

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2006 Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus, one of the few traditional media reporters to have forcefully challenged Bush's prewar claims on WMDs, has called for a moratorium on publishing government statements "that are designed solely as a public relations tool." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

From U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a Grim Report

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2006 A private report made by the US Embassy in Iraq, obtained by the Washington Post, paints a portrait of increasing danger faced by its Iraqi employees who live outside the Green Zone: "harassment, threats and the employees' constant fears that their neighbors will discover they work for the U government" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Cut Anti-Terror Funding in NYC, D.C.

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 The Department of Homeland Security slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York in favor of cities like Jacksonville and Sacramento. Stunner: "A DHS risk scorecard for the city asserted that the home of the Empire State Building and the Brooklyn Bridge has 'zero' national monuments or icons." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats Wooing Evangelical Christians

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2006 Just as the GOP tried to pull African Americans away from the Democratic Party, so too are Democrats going after the Republicans' base: evangelical Christians. But a Washington Post columninst asks: "What does it profit a party to gain a demographic but lose its soul?" Earlier: The Religious Left Rises Again Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poll: Bush Losing Support Among Hispanics, Conservatives

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2006 White conservatives form the base of the GOP, and Hispanics were supposed to be its future. But thanks to Bush's stance on immigration (and some other issues), both groups are running away from the party. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Believe the Flawed NSA-Spying Poll

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2006 The Washington Post loaded a poll so it would appear that most Americans support the NSA's phone record collection program. Blogger Jane Hamsher did the original analysis on this sloppy poll, and Buzzflash sums it up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Salon Probes the Post’s Impotence Myth

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 Salon writer Rebecca Traister doesn't buy the Washington Post's big story about the causes behind an alleged rise in impotence among college students. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Free the Internet: The Movie

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 If you're disturbed by the thought of Internet service providers deciding which websites you can have access to, watch this short, entertaining and disturbing movie that crystalizes the battle now being waged over this issue in Washington and the blogosphere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Washington Leaking: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 Determining which leaks are bad and which are good can be a murky process. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )